Eve Ensler on the passivity of men

[redqueen]

335. I've had countless discussions about this issue... (the 'joke that no one takes seriously) according

to my other interlocutor.

Save your scolding, it is even more rude. I'm not your student.

There is admittedly a vanishingly small percentage of men who aren't entitled fuckheads, who might ignorantly start using this idiotic term. They are making a grave mistake.

Here's the thing. There are lots of lonely people. Men AND women. Notice how women seem to accept such loneliness as simply 'the way it is'. No fairy tales tell little girls that the good girl always gets her boy. No, that's for princesses. Some girls do grow up with an entitled, princess-like attitude. A few. Those with the looks, usually, to be able to maintain that fantasy past adolescence. Contrast that with men, who are fed a diet of 'sloppy, overweight, geeky, goofy, not-terribly-bright guy gets the girl' stories well into adulthood. These are just a couple of the ways men are conditioned to expect such companionship.

Women? We read 'He's Just Not That Into You' and get a cat. And get mocked.

So yeah, life is hard, and while I do have empathy for those who are lonely, I also recognize how much pure hatred is fueled by such loneliness, when it is combined with unchecked entitlement and male privilege... so spare me if, in the context of a thread like this, the very obviously misogynist concept that if a man is nice to a woman, he has any reason to be resentful, let alone hostile, that she doesn't magically develop romantic feelings for him, I get all uppity with those who would push such laughable yet still offensive notions.

p.s. Yes, I do praise men. You have missed it. Avoid assumptions. Also, the tone argument? Not valid. I'm not doing PR.

p.p.s. I'm not usually even so brash as I was in this subthread. I found it amusing that someone would actually try to sell such crap (that's not what it means, no I won't tell you, here is the origin, well my friends say it means x). I mean, seriously.